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The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Name: The Night of the Hunter
Director: Charles Laughton
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1955-07-26
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce

It’s a hard world for little things.

93 min · United States of America · Dir. Charles Laughton

Crime Drama Thriller 1955 movies

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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Cast

Robert Mitchum

Preacher Harry Powell

Shelley Winters

Willa Harper

Lillian Gish

Rachel Cooper

Billy Chapin

John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce

Pearl Harper

James Gleason

Uncle Birdie Steptoe

Evelyn Varden

Icey Spoon

Don Beddoe

Walt Spoon

Peter Graves

Ben Harper

James Griffith

District Attorney

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